Past activities - 2021

 

Lecture — "A History of Art to be made: The Collections of Modern Arab Art at the United Nations Office in Geneva" Prof. Silvia Naef and Joan Grandjean — 16 December 2021
Artist's Talk — Céline Burnand in conversation with Nadia Radwan
17 November, 18:00-19:30 at Photoforum Pasquart in Biel
Lecture — Carpets and other Islamic « signs » in the Renaissance Venetian painting
Giovanni Curatola, 7 December 2021, 18.30, Uni Philosophes, Room PHIL201
Artists Talk - Searching the Seams: Calamity, Place and Identity in Arab Film and Moving Image
Saturday, 27 November, 11:00 am-12:00 pm GST, online
New Master's program in Contemporary Art in the Arab World, Iran and Turkey (2021-2022)
Ca' Foscari University of Venice - University of Geneva
Masterclass — Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey (MasCAIT)
by Silvia Naef and Cristina Tonghini, 20 October 2021, 4:15pm (online)
Call for Applications — Ernst Herzfeld Award for Master Theses in Islamic Art History and Archaeology
by the Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology
Artist talk — Akram Zaatari
in conversation with Daniel Berndt, 29 September 2021, 6:15pm (Zoom)
Review – N. Gasparian, Commitment in the Artistic Practice of Aref El-Rayess: The Changing of Horses
by Charlotte Bank
Testimonial – Shafic Abboud : Archives d’un peintre, archives d’un père, une expérience à la croisée des mémoires et des documents
by Nadia Radwan, in conversation with Christine Abboud
Exhibition Review – Pour une nouvelle approche de l'art algérien. "En attendant Omar Gatlato. Regard sur l'art en Algérie et dans sa diaspora"
by Zouina Ait Slimani
Panel - Du marché de l’art à la collection : les arts de l’Islam dans les collections occidentales
by Negar Habibi - 30 June - 10am
Online Talk on Marwan Kassab-Bachi
by Charlotte Bank, Mathaf, 27 June
Online Conference - "Subversive porcelain: social and political commentary in the works of contemporary artists from the Middle East" - Ceramics from Islamic Lands
by Charlotte Bank, Victoria and Albert Museum - 23 July
Open day - Master's Programme in Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey
by the University of Geneva and Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Jamil Hamoudi et Paris (1947-1962) L’expérience de l’abstraction au prisme d’une histoire croisée entre Paris et Bagdad
conference by Zouina Ait Slimani (online)
9th Junior Lectures in Asian Studies 2020
31 May - 1 June 2021 (online)
Discours sur le nationalisme dans l’art en Irak (1940-1951) : le rôle de Jawad Salim et du musée National de Bagdad dans la construction d’un récit artistique et national en Irak
conference by Zouina Ait Slimani, 28 May 2021 (online)
"Decolonial histories of abstraction. A Cross-Archive between Paris and the Middle East"
by Nadia Radwan and Christine Abboud, ARVIMM Seminar, 21 May 2021
Review — Kader Attia: Die Zukunft liegt in der Vergangenheit — Aldir Polymeris
by Aldir Polymeris
2nd issue of Manazir Journal is out!
by Alain Messaoudi & Camilla Murgia
Review – AWRAQ 19th issue: an initiative for the study of Arab modern and contemporary art in Spain
by María Gómez López
Review – Makou : une revue électrique d'art irakien contre l'isolement / مجلة (ماكو): وسيلة افتراضية ضد عزلة الفنانين
by Nour Al Zuhairy
Jean Pozzi's Collection of Iranian and Persianate Art: A Documentation in Progress
by Negar Habibi, Cabinet d'Arts Graphiques (MAH)
Talk - The Depiction of European Women in Late Safavid Paintings
by Negar Habibi for Khamseen
Exhibition & Virtual Tour - Fred Boissonnas and the Mediterranean. A Photographic Odyssey
curated by Estelle Sohier, extended until 28 March 2021
The Times of Modern and Contemporary Arab Art - Awraq's latest issue
with contributions by Silvia Naef and Nadia Radwan
Seminar "Abstraction, the Parisian environment and artists from the MENA region"
ARVIMM Seminar 2020-21 (online)